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f J TUESDAY. AUGUST' 2, 192i; '.- iTHE OREGON A DAILY : JOURNAL PORTLAND. OREGON . . , aMM . . . , i i gBg i . : - ... , . . . . r rUI HUlVlho UN v -wbu$eMi WASTE LAI, IS " -: . ; . norrnno' n nrir riVIOIIUitt MUVIbt w .... , , ' -S ... . , - . HATED VUI, BUT Comfortable farm hemes where stamps now reign ! . If embers of the Chamber, of Commerce at the forum laschedn were - given, first sand Information by Dean H. L.-Russell of I the' Wlsmdn africaltural,- college and B. F, Faast. president- of the Wis consin Colonization company and vice president, of the federal : land bank of St. Paul, on the work being accomplished In Wisconsin in colonization . of logged off land: - - , " ?., -; Russell and Faast are spending their vacation In . the West and at-the same time studying conditions -here where the logged, of f .land problem are similar to their own. They are being . piloted by K. -T.-Benson, manager, of the depart . mentv of Immigration and colonisation of. the Northern Pacific railways. .Local lumber and 'business men are greatly. Interested In finding a workable scheme to utilize waste land and bring in desirable families. WILL PLACE FAVILXXS The railroads' are understood to-be willing to give their assistance along this line and promote colonisation work. The Northern Pacific lias plana afoot to place from 100 to 200 families on three ogged-off tracts in- Oregon and Waah- ington. , . . ' ' "Any colonization company must have adequate 'finances to 1 carry the settler through the Initial process of getting started. declared Dean -RusselL ; The i settler- is a transplanted human plant ' and he has to' be nursed, watched- and controlled until he Is able, to draw nour ishment from the soil for himself.- "About 50 per cent of the old Wiscon . sin colonization schemes failed when the lumber companies tried to operate them. That is too-much loss for the travail of soul that froes with It We have ; reduced the failures now to 5 or 10 . per cent. This stimulated colony de velopment has added ' 40 per cent to the successes. '. "SE&YICE DIB IT ' . TW are denuding the fosests at the rate of 75,000 to 100,000 acres a year, and last year we reduced and reclaimed more land than we converted to cut . . over slash. . , In Sawyer county. .. Mr. Faast's company has i;fr on 0 per cent . oc ail the new farmers In the last 10 . years and they put them there In the last three years. Service did It" . Russell declared the operations of the state college had saved Wisconsin " farmers $409,000 in the last three years by making cheaper dynamite available for land clearing by buying in caflots and by securing : :NT at a cheaper figure. .' He declared the land-clearing demonstrations ' reached 50,000 of the 0,000 stump farmers of the state last . year and taught them improved methods. He declared any successful land settle ment,' program must have, the fullest cooperation of the banks, the railroads, : the state colleges and the state officials. Such combined efforts, he said, had put 100,000 homes of 80 - acres each into f Northern Wisconsin, with dairying as m the mainstay. .. . " MUST PLEASE WOME5 i "The, crux of-'the world problem,": he , said, is t make living conditions suit-, able to the wife and mother. If the woman on .the, tract . becomes discour aged. It , means the end of that job. Men fall down On these tracts, because f their wives are1 discontented and lone some.,,;" 'a-. ''-":- The state college comes in. here and - sends in books and directs community ef fort This doesn't remove the hard la . , bor. but it takes the drudgery out of it ' "Our state will not let these projects go forward on poor land. - You must stop the shysters and all skullduggery. You must drive out the : scamps and i the scalawags. . . We stopped 1800'' men last year who were being ; sent ' by Chicago shysters to Wisconsin land that was no ' good." V-' " ' ' ' ! According , to .Russell the -Wisconsin plan represents the colonization of waste lands that are suitable for agriculture by , private enterprise under . state supervi . sion and with the full cooperation of the ...... state agricultural college. : - ' ' - FEATURES EXPLAI5ED It Implies licensing of real estate op erators, community, development and the financing -of the settler on long time mortgages, which are security for coloni sation bonds, the sale of which furnishes I funds -,for further' development' The .. settler pays off his debt in. 30 years on amortised payments." " . '' j ; Faast who started- the movement In Sawyer county about 11 years ,ago, ex- , plained some of the general- features of . the plan as worked out in Wisconsin, as ' f olloWS t: ' -- - .-i..''.t.,-:' The. company builds the settler a small house and barn, gives him a cow, a pig, a dosen chickens. Implements, barbed wire and grass seed with which to begin operations. - , '.-;.- ,-(' .--.,'..-?;, ' If the settler moves jon his tract he pays nothing for three years, not even interest until he gets a good start At - that time he goes on the 30-year mort gage basis. i"1 f: ' f The - financing corporation f recently sold $300,000 of its bonds at 95, paying f per cent and running five to 10 years. The' company mortgages up to 5 per cent of the value., A 65 -per cent mort gage, supervised by the state Is worth more than a 50 per cent without state supervision. ,..,,,. . .. TffrST HATE. EXPERIENCE . .No lands are Included in a project that are not UUabteTand no land is to be, sold to any buyer without farming experience.,' :'-''.. ,;- 1 Many settlers clear as much as 20 acres a year, although no , amount Is specified In the contract , i ' The company will pay no lumber con cern more than $15 an. acre for cutover land. - It does not pay the owner cash In full, but spreads payment over 15 years. The settler makes a cash payment of rt I t lit 20 per cent -when taking possession, and 50 per cent of improvements, stock and have $2500 to start his tract would be tools. He ought to with. : In two years self supporting. .The company loaned 300 . families $200 each last fall to tide them over the win ter. The sum Js added to the contract -SEEDS CITEJT FREE ' The settler should enjoy a pioneer's profit of 10 to 20 percent The: company- .figures its profit at about $5 per acre, j The minimum acreage for' a. coloniza tion project is 10,000; acres, and more ef ficiency can be secured with 50,000 acres. Development work on the project has cost .the company an average of $1.68 an acre pver a rive year period. . i Free seeds and shrubs were given to 300 homes in a home beautiful, contest Moving pictures Visit . the community centers on a truck and the state college furnishes a cux lating library service. About 30,000 acres of the original 50,- 000 have been settled and represent -finished land worth. $130 to $150 an acre. The lumber company sold the ' land -for about $10 and the j settler paid, every thing included. $18 to $25 an acre. - One man In . eight years cleared , $12. 000 from'' his ftracL Records for - 500 families snow that they net $1,000 ji year on an average. - v.. .The , company puts families on .tracts at the rate of about 200 a year. Faast is of the opinion that many pro moters of Irrigationj districts in the West have made the mistake of not selecting the right type of -settlers and of trying to. seu ; Don as , before the : project - was settled or any : serious attempt made to care xor any setuers. t BOMS' M MAY SHATTER 1920 RECORD ieiissiMissi)sssstmsesjtsiiweiiiiii ummt in m i ssSs Wm it1' ssst f"" " "-8g i-ww vwmtMmuHnm:wn-i . i m mi i sue iw h.bm if f i ,y ' g . j vel r- : - ' t l) ' '' 7 j . '- fj if ' i :f 1 j (' A. r-.y , V!.....rf k. -. II MifS ,. i--- .,-t.t. j ,- - , -t - -r-., tWMHy ' f - ' ', "' Illim" .' j), . - ?..,.'' IndianapoUs. Aug. Ij L ' N. . S-) Be cause his experience with-one woman caused him to hata all women." -Forest Warner;, decided "t J .. and "marry as many as he could." aocord- Ing to his reported confessloa to the police. - " ' -:- : ' - i - :! " ' Warner, alias Hlnes, alias Will, alias Tenable, had succeeded in "marrying five without formality of divorce- when the. latest "wife suspected him of polyg amous proclivities and put the police on- the trail, the confession relates. .War ner's story, as told by the police, runs like this: - - , ' - - - Back In 1389 Warner married MatUe Wills at Greenville, Ohio, Five children were born .before bo departed and be came -. Infrntu"" with aa unnamed woman v at Terr Haute. ma. . -.. This woman abandoned her husband and four children and . traveled about with ; Mm as. his wife, but were was no marriage ccrcmoBT. She ."grew UreoT of Warner, nowever. and. deserted him. It was this "experi- ence.7 Warner saio. wnicn -sourea nun against women.' and ne aeternunea to get even. . : . -.-.'.;"'''-- So next he "married- miss Laura atg ley, 33, of Canton. Ohio, in September, 1918. under the name of Elmer . Hlnes. The ceremony took place at Toledo. Aa Elmer Wills, he was "married" to Pearl Lowry, aged SO, of v Zanesville, Ohio, in February, 1919. Next he became enamored .of Beulah Head, 22. of Little Rock. Art. but, dis- Soott presided, at the preliminary pro gram and Introduced Mayor Baker, who welcomed the buyers. Songs were given by i Marian Bennett Duva and-Mark Daniels. - Following the' program the visitors dancedCBU a. late hour. Emtertainmentlfeatures for today con sist of theatre, parties for visiting ladies in charge of a committee headed by Mrs. William D. McWaters. and a HI Jinx for men merchants at the Multnomah hotel. The men's program will take - place - in the Arcadian grill room of the Multno mah i and will consist of a smoker and ooxing bouts. carded. her after a week's honeymoon., This time the nam was Edward WUls. . Then.' several weeks ago. he met Mar tha Loons, whoso sge is given as about 35. " and "married" - her at - Vlncennes, InL. giving the name Delbert Venable. At this point ."Wife No. 5" takes up the story thus : .- . .-- At the end of the first week of . their "married"" life Warner i departed I with the -last :of his bride's $323 in savings and' came to Indianapolis- ., ' From an old memorandum -book, he left behind. -Mr. Venable" found the name of . Pearl Wills. t"Wife No. I." -and correspondence followed .- which led to Warner's arrest .; '. 'i -ir Missmg Bank;Thief i 'k located in;0anada ;;... .. tV'v .-.f-'' ." San Francisco, ; Aug. L-1T.' S. V Charles Hayes, bank chauffeur, who fled nearly a year ago - with $59,000 belong lag' to the Anglo-and-Londoa-Parla Na tional bank, was reported by a privet detective agency this afternoon to have been located In Canada. ' , Shoots Girl, Then ' W - TurnsGun on Self I Spokane. , Aug., . 2. (U, 1 P.) After shooting Hsnwah McNeill. 20, to death ' about' 10 o'clock this morning, George Schuls. 60. turned the weapon on him self in a ranch' house about four miles south of this, city."' The man is not ex pected to live. No motive for the affair could be learned .. ; ' r LEWIS PI03TEE.R PASSES " Centralia. Wash, Aug. 2. The body of Sidney Wallace, aged. 88. 4 pioneer . of -Ie wis county and former resident of Centralis, arrived here Sunday 'from Te nlno whero he died Saturday. . . BiiyierS "Attention! .i aosine; - out 1000, Waist in crepe de. uune, ocorgcttc and Ponsree. also Pongee Underwear for Womeny at remarkably- low" prices- It ; . will rpzy you to look these waists over. - ; ! . Mayer's ! Women's; Wear, Inc; :'. :'.i';;r: 44y.N.' Fourth St Near Couch , (Cob tinned from Pact One) later for the week. Washburn, was the first person to reg- Several other Alaska merchants are on the way down, accord; Ing to Wheeler. Interest -grows -stronger in the Ad club oratorical contest Ito be held at Wash ington i park Wednesday. ? New. names entered for the competition today were Miss .Bessie M -Williams of . Blackfoot laano; m. jonnson ox Seattle; L.i W. Robbins of Melalla, Or. ; Charles Hi nee of Forest Grove; Fred Samm of Moscow, Idaho r Cecil W. Brown- of North Bend and A. O.. Bauman of Lewiston, Idaho. , i -T.;,B.,- Ltnton and' Mrs.. Linton, man-agersrof- the Maui book store at Wai luku. Maul, -Hawaiian islands, hold the distinction? of, 'havlmr ? traveled ' farther than any other merchants to attend the Portland JBuyersV iweek.. They are Vis iting; witlufriends At 1259. Bast Flanders street sand - plan to lay in a heavy stock of -hooks, and stationery for their Maui store.' -'i x f , : ;-;(:; j- ..Among, the, visiting buyers who plan excursions to nearby scenic points are W. I. 'Chandler president' of the INaUonal Purchasing Agents association, and S.-F. Woodbury, I purchasing" agent for ' the Willamette' Iron & Steel worka.T Both WTiile merchants from many states and from the' territories of Alaska and ; Hawaii are visitors at, Portland's ninth annual Buyers'-Week, it Is also ;f noticeable that a much larger number are in" attendance, from 'Oregon ' and Washington tovms. , Above, left to right, J.-JLi Janelle of Beedsport, Louis Lieymour of Gardiner, -Paul , Bernhardt of Reedsport, Miss Mar ; garet Seymour of -Gardiner; Miss Florette -Janelle' of , Reedsport, Mrs. t V. j. Krehblel and J. 'Krehblel of - Pratnm, F. W. Varrclmann 'and Roderick Tarrelmann of Medford. Below,' J. -A. Gibson of Bend,' Mrs. f S. M. Walsh and Mrs. A. Hawkins of Pocao, Ida; MrsT J. -W. ' Campbell of Spokane, Wash. . ''; ' . ' --; " ' have announced their Intention -ot limb ing Mount Hood from -Cloud jCap Inn. to morrow. Mr. Chandler is to be the guest of honor at a dinner to be given Friday night at - the Crown Point inn by the Portland association. i j BIG CROP REPORTED ' t , " Visiting merchants from all points In the Northwest report enormous, fruit and grain crops and look forward to a record business -during the winter. According tot Felix .Wagner, who .has .represented the Goodman Shoe company as a travel ing -salesman in the Willamette valley for the past 20. years, " there is a -larger representation from 'that section Of the state than at any previous buyers' ;week. "Bum oer crops in the Willamette" val ley are largely responsible for the heavy buying of merchants .in that section." Wfcgner stated.- Another reason is that many of the merchants held off) from buying earlier In the year - In the! hope A REFRESHING food . t day: on a hot- 'Red Rock Cottage: Cheese fresh daily, at your : dealer's. , ; ; t. Made only by . RED ROCK DAIRY Hillsdale . - "A Story of Achievement We have- just issued an interesting illustrated folder , -called-. MA Story of Achievement" setting forth the acr complishments of Portland in supporting the upbuilding , of one of V the largest manufacturing enterprises, in this v- city The . Portland Vegetable Oil Mills Company. ; i : VVrite us for a copy of this folder. It will 'interest 'every u resident Jn ; Portland who. believes in the upbuilding of his own; home city. , k - t -C''Ti' ',. -- ?.'?.-" f ." i. .,,:-l- '-..' -v j ' '1 ' 't- -. '? , , . - 'j' - -i ' i j Invitation to Visit Our New Plant ; J i' We "extend to" the people of Portland, aa invitation to ! visit our new plant now in. process of construction. ,The -;. invitation covers afternoonsvonry during this week. ; -r .i;' r A guide will conduct parties from our temporary plant v office (near entrance) afc 2 P. 3 P. M.' and 4 P. MJ. ,'andwill explain the purposes 'of .the various buildings! ,Take Sixteenth' Street cars to foot- of - Twenty-first Street. Automobiles cross Northern Pacific tracks' at foot of Tweny-second Street. Plant located oh Front Street,? north of Nicolai Street (which is extension of Twenty-! second Street).- , ' " - ' , ( Portland Vegetable Oil -RIifls Co: . . , . . . 80ii Wilcox Building . - ' H. H. Ward, Finance Director - . ! that lower prices-fwould. prevail j;Tbey are now in -the market for large sup plies, . prices in practically all i lines of merchandise having ' reached . normal levels. - - ' ; -. . m '.- das ck 'a: iiG srccEss ' r ; " ; "The informal dance "and deception f of vlsiUhg buyers' and teembefs of "their families at the Multnomah hotel Monday hight was the first entertainment feature of the week and was eminently success ful,' according: to Vernon Scott, chairman of -the committee in, charge, of . the. event. Policemalvls Too jiiiiok-Witt.PiBtei . ' For His Prisoner While being taen to police beadauar ters on a charge of stealing an automo bile, George Connors, 22. learned that Patrolmann Timm was , quicker on the draw and a good man to' let alone. , Con nors and Lionel Hobson . were , arrested Sunday night on a charge of stealing an automobile belonging to L. C Jones of the Multnomah club.' - ' ; i; , ' Hobson and Patrolman Davidson were riding In the front seat while Timm and Connors sat in the back seat. - Timm said he' saw Connors preparing to draw a re volver. The next thing Connors knew. the policeman had him "covered.! The rest of the ride Connors "kept 'em up In the air."-:' .- -. i-.".-. Last;Kites Held: : ForW. A. Roberts, f Who Died Sunday Funeral services for William A. Rob erta, a pioneer Oregonian who died Sun day, were held at 3 o'clock this after noon 'at the Portland crematorium. Mr. Roberts wss 70 years old.. He was born In Peoria. 111., and came to Oregon with his parents when they crossed the plains In 1852. .He is survived by a son. Ches ter C Roberts, and a daughter. Madeline Roberts. . , ; ' - , i -V' - . , -H'warsie'spBmriMirMSfiiiBBfisHS , Bonbmi Regime Gains Vote bf Oonfidence '.Rome,. Aug.; 2.-(X'N. S.) A jvote of confidence "was givek. the new -Bonoml government by the Italian senate today. The question of government policy was brought Into dispute and the cabinet was sustained by a vote. . r. v.. s . fit -; ' f Mi ' - liil l - arid at4 Picnics of course you need l V. Tv 'With ' 'fit . "-' , ; '..;...-,' -anf snap. - . ."In Bottles On Draught ' THE PORTLAND BREWING COMPANY Everywhere MS THES'TEK BSOASlf AT AT TATXOB MM TWICE DAILY 2:158:15 Limited Engagement THE SENSATION OF SENSATIONS! HUNDREDS WERE TURNED AWAY LAST NIGHT, BUT V, ';T;.'ATWK-lf:-nRRRn THRILLED CHEERED K 'N : the Screen Master Mesmerist TIMELY TRUTHFUL , TIPS ! TO YOU 1ST ITS THE GREATEST SHOW PORTLAND'S SEEN! 2DTOO BIG, TOO GREAT TO PLAY A LOCAL FILM house!' ;--;-v -. . . ' . - -, ' 3D INCOMPARABLE MUSIC TO LIVE. LONG IN MEMORY. V v'-vv -:re.-";; - ' Wo ibuMM The Picture tJie World Has Welcomed! REMEMBER NEITHER HINTS NOR HOPES WILL BRING "WAY DOWN EAST" ANY LOCAL FILM HOUSE. IT IS A HEILIG SHOW ONLY! rro ALL SEATS RESERVED SELLING FOR BALANCE OF ENGAGEMEI GET YOURS EARLY Mtinees r . . EVENINGS : : Lower Floor .... ';V-; i . $ l :5o i ; i Balcony, $1.00 Gallery, 50c ; - f , V ; (PORTLAND 1925) PIu10fc ! War Tax Lowerj Floor. ; . . $ 1 -00 Balcony:. .77c and'5pc